Universal modular pulse oximeter probe for use with reusable and disposable patient attachment devices
First Claim
1. A pulse oximeter probe system comprising a probe having at least one light emitting diode and at least one photocell detector wherein said emitter and detector are incorporated into modular plastic housings, at least one housing having an aperture or radiation transparent window aligned with said diode, and at least a second housing having an aperture or radiation transparent window aligned with said detector;
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(a) a reusable finger attachment device having a first modular receptacle pair mounted thereon, or (b) a disposable bandage device having a second modular receptacle pair mounted thereon;
wherein respective ones of said housings can lockingly engage and disengage respective ones of said modular receptacles and transmit and receive light through the appendage of a patient when the selected one of the above devices (a) or (b) is attached to a patient and when the respective housings of said probe are matedly engaged with the respective receptacles of the attached device; and
the receptacles of the disposable bandage device or the reusable finger attachment device have locking levers for lockingly engaging and disengaging said modular probe housings, respectively.
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Abstract
A system and method of standardizing modular probe housings so that the standardized probe housings may be incorporated into probes adapted to work with at least one of a multiplicity of manufacturers'"'"' oximeters. The probe housings are adapted to matingly engage at least a disposable bandage apparatus and a reusable finger attachment device.A pulse oximeter system comprises a finger attachment device having first and second probe couplers, the first and second probe couplers are configured to be matingly engageable with probe housings of a pulse oximeter probe.
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32 Claims
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1. A pulse oximeter probe system comprising a probe having at least one light emitting diode and at least one photocell detector wherein said emitter and detector are incorporated into modular plastic housings, at least one housing having an aperture or radiation transparent window aligned with said diode, and at least a second housing having an aperture or radiation transparent window aligned with said detector;
- a selected one of;
(a) a reusable finger attachment device having a first modular receptacle pair mounted thereon, or (b) a disposable bandage device having a second modular receptacle pair mounted thereon;
wherein respective ones of said housings can lockingly engage and disengage respective ones of said modular receptacles and transmit and receive light through the appendage of a patient when the selected one of the above devices (a) or (b) is attached to a patient and when the respective housings of said probe are matedly engaged with the respective receptacles of the attached device; and
the receptacles of the disposable bandage device or the reusable finger attachment device have locking levers for lockingly engaging and disengaging said modular probe housings, respectively.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A reusable finger attachment device for use with a pulse oximeter probe incorporating modular housings, comprising said attachment device incorporating modular receptacles for matingly engaging said modular probe housings;
- wherein the receptacles of the reusable finger attachment device have locking levers for lockingly engaging and disengaging said modular probe housings.
- View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A method of standardizing probes comprising designing probe housings to be matingly engageable with modular receptacles of a disposable bandage apparatus and a reusable finger attachment device and further constructing said probe housings to be incorporated into probes adapted to work with at least one of a multiplicity of manufacturers'"'"' oximeters.
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8. A standardized pulse oximeter probe comprising probe housings designed to be matingly engageable with modular receptacles of a disposable bandage apparatus and a reusable finger attachment device, said probe housings constructed to be incorporated into probes adapted to work with at least one of a multiplicity of manufacturers'"'"' oximeters.
- 9. A disposable finger attachment device for use with a reusable probe sensor assembly for sensing a physiological parameter of a patient comprising a bandage apparatus and first and second probe couplers, the bandage apparatus having adhesive on at least a portion thereof, the first and second probe couplers being operably attached to the bandage apparatus and configured to be matingly engageable with probe housings of a reusable probe sensor assembly, wherein the first and second probe couplers comprise respective first and second locking mechanisms that lockingly engage and disengage probe housings of a reusable probe sensor assembly.
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25. A pulse oximeter probe system comprising:
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a probe assembly having an emitter, a detector, and first and second modular housings for the emitter and detector, respectively; and
a finger attachment device having first and second modular receptacles mounted thereon, said modular receptacles having locking levers for lockingly engaging and disengaging with said modular housings of said probe;
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29. A disposable bandage apparatus for use with a reusable probe sensor assembly having at least one emitter and at least one detector, the emitter being enclosed in a first probe housing having an aperture or radiation transparent window aligned with the emitter, and the detector being enclosed in a second probe housing having an aperture or radiation transparent window aligned with the detector, the disposable bandage apparatus comprising a bandage strip having adhesive on at least a portion of at least one face thereof and first and second modular receptacles mounted thereon, said first and second modular receptacles having respective first and second apertures located therein, said first and second modular receptacles being configured to lockingly engage and disengage with the first and second probe housings such that the emitter can transmit a signal to be received by the detector through the apertures of said modular receptacles when engaged with the first and second probe housings;
- wherein said first and second modular receptacles comprise locking means for lockingly engaging and disengaging the first and second probe housings.
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31. A method for the affixation of a reusable pulse oximeter sensor to the digit of a patient, comprising:
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providing a disposable finger attachment device with at least two apertures therein and at least two receptacles operatively attached to an adhesive bandage apparatus of the disposable finger attachment device over said apertures, said at least two receptacles each at least partially defining an aperture aligned with the respective aperture of the finger attachment device, wherein said at least two receptacles comprise respective first and second locking mechanisms that lockingly engage and disengage probe housings of a reusable pulse oximeter probe sensor;
positioning said disposable finger attachment device on the digit of the patient; and
engaging probe housings of the reusable pulse oximeter probe sensor with said at least two receptacles.
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32. A method of sensing a physiological parameter of a patient, comprising:
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providing a probe assembly having an emitter, a detector, and first and second modular housings for the emitter and the detector;
providing a disposable finger attachment device having first and second modular receptacles operatively attached to a bandage apparatus of the disposable finger attachment device, the bandage apparatus having an adhesive on at least a portion thereof, said modular receptacles being configured to lockingly engage and disengage with said modular housings of said probe assembly, wherein said first and second modular receptacles comprise respective first and second locking mechanisms that lockingly engage and disengage modular housings of the probe assembly; and
transmitting and receiving a signal through the appendage of a patient when said finger attachment device is attached to a patient and when said modular housings of said probe assembly are engaged with said modular receptacles of said finger attachment device.
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